West Coast Beach Placer

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold, Iron, Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113041
MRDS ID A001562
MAS/MILS ID 0021300001
Record type Site
Current site name West Coast Beach Placer
Alternate or previous names Standard Oil Company, Grammer No. 1, Rex Creek South Fork, Trail Creek, Salmon Creek, Tidewater Association, Union Oil Company, Salmon Creek Head, Bear Creek Unit, Bear Creek, Paule Bay, Cosatello, Oil Creek, Pacific Oil and Commercial Well 1-2, Dry Creek, Becharof Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -154.51914, 57.16607 (WGS84)
Elevation 5
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kodiak Island(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Karluk A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Karluk S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Karluk(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kodiak-Afognak Islands(hydrologic unit)

Kodiak-Shelikof(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 035 S 033 W 15 C N2N2 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -154.51914, 57.16607

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • BALL ASSOCIATES, 1964, P.18-19,26,34-35 (USBM MONOGRAPH 12)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WELLS DRILLED FOR THESE KARDEXES ALL OTHER KARDEX REFER TO OIL SEEP LOCATIONS. POINT PLOTTED ON MAP IS LOCATION OF COBB, 1972, LOC. 5 (MF 459)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-SEP-1986 Carnes, R. David U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.